NGC 5044
| Galaxy NGC 5044 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 15 m 24.0 s |
| declination | -16 ° 23 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 ′ × 3.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 5044 group LGG 338 |
| Redshift | 0.009280 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 2782 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(119 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.6 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5044 • UGCA 341 • PGC 46115 • MCG -03-34-034 • 2MASX J13152396-1623079 • GC 3465 • H II 511 • h 1566 • GALEX ASC J131523.88-162308.3 • LDCE 955 NED024 | |
NGC 5044 is a 10.8 mag bright elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type "E0" in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 119 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5046 , NGC 5047 , NGC 5049 , NGC 5035 .
The object was discovered on December 31, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, pL, R, bM".